Article 93 of the Egyptian Constitution

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Article 93 of the Egyptian Constitution is a provision that governs the validation and oversight of parliamentary membership and election results, historically central to disputes over the authority of the judiciary versus the legislature in Egypt.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
aimedAt regulating how disputes over parliamentary membership are resolved ⓘ
appliesTo People’s Assembly elections ⓘ
membership disputes in the People’s Assembly ⓘ
associatedWith debates on the legitimacy of the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections ⓘ
pre-2011 political system in Egypt ⓘ
citationForm Article 93, Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt (1971) ⓘ
concerns final authority to decide on the validity of parliamentary membership ⓘ
procedures for examining challenges to election results ⓘ
constitutionalContext 1971 Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt ⓘ
controversy criticized for allowing parliament to ignore or override judicial decisions on election validity ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
governs oversight of parliamentary election results ⓘ
validation of membership of the People’s Assembly ⓘ
historicalRole central to conflicts over who has final say on the validity of parliamentary membership ⓘ
used to justify parliamentary supremacy over judicial rulings on election disputes ⓘ
impact affected the balance of power between the People’s Assembly and the judiciary ⓘ
influenced challenges to the legitimacy of parliamentary elections ⓘ
influencedBy Egypt’s historical preference for strong legislative bodies ⓘ
interpretedBy Egyptian courts ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian court

People’s Assembly of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Egypt
jurisdiction Arab Republic of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Egypt
language Arabic ⓘ
legalField constitutional law ⓘ
electoral law ⓘ
legalSystem Egyptian constitutional law ⓘ
level supreme law within the Egyptian legal hierarchy ⓘ
opposedBy advocates of stronger judicial oversight of elections ⓘ
politicalSignificance became a focal point in debates on democratic reform in Egypt ⓘ
invoked in disputes over the dissolution or continuation of certain parliaments ⓘ
relatedTo independence of the judiciary in Egypt ⓘ
judicial review of elections in Egypt ⓘ
legislative authority in Egypt ⓘ
separation of powers in Egypt ⓘ
statusAfter2011 subject to reconsideration and change during post-2011 constitutional revisions ⓘ
subject disputes over authority between the judiciary and the legislature in Egypt ⓘ
timePeriod in force under the 1971 Egyptian Constitution ⓘ
typeOfNorm binding constitutional rule ⓘ
usedBy supporters of parliamentary supremacy in Egypt ⓘ

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Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2011 → amendedArticle → Article 93 of the Egyptian Constitution ⓘ
Article 93 of the Egyptian Constitution (1971) → citationForm → Article 93, Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt (1971) ⓘ
linked to: Article 93 of the Egyptian Constitution